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The governor spoke on camera just today. but first, i spoke with greg stewart who is behind the effort to honor forest. mr. stewart, general forest was a slave trader, he personally oversaw the bull whipping of slaves, without a doubt a brilliant confederate officer but he oversaw the slaughter of hundreds of black troops and a grand wizard of the kkk. why do you want to put him on a license plate? >> well, what you've just alleged is not necessarily true. a lot of that has been in dispute for a long time. i guess i should address the slaughter of troops first. that was the ft. pillow massacre...

They say forest has been mischaracterized. the president of mississippi's naacp says it sends the wrong message to honor anyone who promoted racial hey dread and the group called on the governor to denounce the idea. the governor spoke on camera just today. we'll show you what he said in just a moment. but first, i spoke with greg stewart who is behind the effort to honor forest. mr. stewart, general forest was a slave trader prior to the civil war, according to some accounts, he oversaw the bull whipping of slaves, without a doubt a brilliant confederate officer but he oversaw the slaughter o...